Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: fiddler49 on March 06, 2013, 12:46:17 am
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This is my second bow of this type. Here's some more finished bow pics with handle pegs and wrapping. I used a porcupine quill instead of roofing nail pin in levers. I forgot to mention the belly of this bow was heat treated. No backing or glues. I mixed a yellow and brown stain and got this kind of green yellowish brown! Again there are no bolts or metal pins in this Alaskan style take down bow. The longest piece of this red oak bow is 31". It pulls 68 lbs @ 31" and is 72" ntn. Total cost of wood from Lowe's was 17.00 dollars It takes about 8 minutes to assemble the four pieces. This is a fast high performance take down anyone can build!
Give it a try. cheers fiddler49
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Awesome bow and awesome scenery.
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wow, i like this one! nice bow and good job on it!
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Speak of the devil...
I was just referencing this take-down molly design of yours in another thread. I like this one even more than the original. Great work!
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That is a wicked looking bow. I think mollegabet bows are awesome to begin with but that thing is nice!
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Awesome Fiddler! What are the dots - just paint? It looks very native with the dots. Kind of like the gun stocks and knife cases studded with brass tacks.
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Thinking outside of the bow should be commended.
Excellent bow and thought process. Very cool bow. :)
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Cool idea for your takedown. Like the way you decorated it. Also great scenery in the background!
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Really nice job on that one Fiddler. Very cool design and that red oak sure has a straight grain. You musta dug thru a hundred boards to find that one. Danny
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Nice bow like the paint job.
Rob
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Cool bow and a cool take down feature. Well done!
Are you using some type of release or thumb ring?
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That is a very nice bow! Really like your creativity and art work. My congratulations!
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Very nice take down,good looking bow,I was thinking the same as Pat about your release. :) Looks like beautiful country you live in.Nice. :)
Pappy
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I like it! Sorry, no porcupines in my area. Are the quills that rigid? So the quills are inserted and then wrapped with string? No slack or play? Sorry for all the questions :)
Tracy
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Very nice! A build-a-long would be greatly appreciated...or I could just come to Alaska and watch? :)
Lyle
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Looks great man, I like the variation on the take down handle and I'm sure tillering assyemtrical limbs like that takes some skill. Good work. :)
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This is one of those bows where you just keep scrolling up and down over and over just to take it all in. Very cool.
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I agree w/everyone please give more information, I hope you can find the time to give us the story of
this bow. where does the idea of this bow come from?
I am intrigued w/the possibilities. oh and very very cool bow, and attractive to boot.
chuck
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That is impressive. I am also wanting to know more...thumb ring/release aid? porcupine quill pinning levers to limbs? Does it make any sound like creaking when drawing? Very cool bow fiddler!
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Now that is an interesting bow!!!
Well done!!!!
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Thanks for the recognition lads! Yes I shoot with a thumb ring I made from wooly mammoth tusk. I use the loop on the bow string so I can shoot off any side of the bow. It eliminates string twist.
The take down idea is my own. I have a build along on PaleoPlanet http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/54709/Alaskan-Molly-build-68-lbs-31-finished-pics
The bow makes no noise or creaks. I use Swix blue cross country ski wax between the levers and limbs to prevent rotation of levers. It is stickier than bee's wax. You could use a toilet bowel wax ring also. The porcupine quill is just a guide/ alignment pin to keep the levers in the right position while you wrap them with thread.
Tillering is actually very easy. Keep the limbs an even thickness and make the bow string parallel to handle.
The levers have a 3.5" long scarf on the bottom that gives them 2.5" of reflex. I broke two bows trying 3 inches of reflex. Keep the levers a few millimeters narrower than the the limbs in the first 3.5 inches. If you have questions just ask. cheers fiddler49
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cool beans 8)
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Awesome bow and awesome scenery.
X2
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Cooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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\Yes I shoot with a thumb ring I made from wooly mammoth tusk. \
:o I'm pretty sure those are endangered! ;)
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Love this one even more than the first. I said it before I gotta make one.
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Man that is beautiful!
Thanks for the post.
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Really exceptional work. Nice, very nice.
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I love this, i remember seeing this method in an old issue of PA, did you write that article? Way cool!
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yes, very good bow, nice work and tastefully decorated.....good to see something done differently....nice tiller too .
are the levers just tied on? and did it take much set?
Dave
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Yeah that's pretty awesome there sir. Guess you could call that a primitive takedown ;)
What'd you use to kill the wooly mammoth? Bow, spear, atlatl, or elephant gun? ;D
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<snip>What'd you use to kill the wooly mammoth? Bow, spear, atlatl, or elephant gun? ;D
I hear it was a noose snare trap made from hand twisted dog's bane cordage. 8)
OneBow
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Thanks for all the replies lads, Yes the limbs are just tied on and the there is almost no string follow on this bow.
The mammoths are just laying around dead everywhere up here in Alaska. cheers fiddler49